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the last exorcism (2010)

Cotton Marcus, a reverand in Louisiana, has lost his faith and allows filmmakers Iris and Daniel to document him, hoping to delegitimize the practice of exorcism. However, when the reverend is called to perform an exorcism on a teenage girl named Nell, he and the others find that demonic forces may be far real than they believed.

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The Last Exorcism
PG-13
Horror

Director
Daniel Stamm
Release Date
August 27, 2010
Studio(s)
Lionsgate
Distributor(s)
Lionsgate
Cast
Patrick Fabian , Ashley Bell , Iris Bahr , Louis Herthum , Caleb Landry Jones , Tony Bentley
Writers
Huck Botko , Andrew Gurland
Runtime
87 minutes
Budget
$1.8 million

Summary

Cotton Marcus, a reverand in Louisiana, has lost his faith and allows filmmakers Iris and Daniel to document him, hoping to delegitimize the practice of exorcism. However, when the reverend is called to perform an exorcism on a teenage girl named Nell, he and the others find that demonic forces may be far real than they believed.

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